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6 Podcasts About the Joys and Terrors of Air Travel
  + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( Emma Dibdin | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +3 min
It’s a nerve-racking time to be a frequent flier in the United States. Despite this, air travel statistically remains the safest form of mass transit in the United States, and it’s worth keeping the risks in perspective. Some of these podcasts do just that by exploring the true stories of air disasters (and why they are so rare), while others are love letters to life in the skies, hosted by proud aviation geeks who have travel tips, airport reviews and nostalgic industry history to share. Billed as “a true crime podcast in the air,” this series ended production last summer but has a back catalog of 150 episodes, each focusing on a different air disaster in meticulous detail. Both hosts are also regular air travelers, and they share packing tips, review specific aircrafts and airlines and reflect on how travel has changed throughout these recent, turbulent years.
Persons: overscheduling, Chesley “ Sully ” Sullenberger, Gustavo Sorola, Chris Demarais, you’ve, Doug, Drew Organizations: Boeing, Justice Department, New York Times, US Airways, Max, JetBlue, Spirit Locations: United States, Hudson
Memorial Day weekend, the traditional launching pad of the summer travel season, is shaping up to set a scorching pace. United is expecting the biggest Memorial Day and summer travel season in the airline’s 98-year history, according to Andrew Nocella, United’s executive vice president and chief commercial officer. Air traffic controller shortageThe air traffic control tower at Los Angeles International Airport is a busy place. The United States is still short thousands of air traffic control personnel. Markus Mainka/imageBROKER/ShutterstockDespite a surge in hiring last year, air traffic control stations nationwide are still about 3,000 controllers short, according to new FAA numbers.
Persons: it’s, Andrew Nocella, Markus Mainka, Scott Keyes, , ” Keyes, Tayfun, Bob Thomas, haven’t, Elijah Nouvelage, Keyes, , Antonio Masiello, he’s, Angela Fritz Organizations: CNN, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, American Airlines and United Airlines, Airlines for America, Airlines, America, Air, Los Angeles International, FAA, CNN Travel, San Francisco International, Anadolu Agency, Embry ‑ Riddle Aeronautical University, Aircraft, Travelers, Hartsfield, Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Getty Locations: United States, New York City, Florida, New York, Miami, Chicago, Atlantic, AFP, Rome, Europe, Mexico, Australia, Paris, Iceland, Dublin, CNN’s
CNN —Despite a surge in hiring last year, air traffic control stations nationwide are still about 3,000 controllers short, according to new Federal Aviation Administration numbers. The staffing plans developed by the FAA and the union representing air traffic controllers calls for more than 14,600 controllers to fully staff towers and centers. But at the same time, its air traffic control organization lost more than 1,300 employees, including controllers who retired or candidates who dropped out of training. The union president representing air traffic controllers said that after accounting for departures, the agency netted an increase of only six new controllers that year. It also instructs the FAA to install additional simulators at air traffic control sites to speed up training progress.
Persons: , , Mike Whitaker Organizations: CNN, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Employees, Senate
Activist Ancora on Thursday won the support of the BMWED Teamsters in the investor's efforts to oust Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw and a majority of the railroad's 13-person board. The labor group said it would back the activist's seven director nominees over Norfolk Southern management, a significant endorsement in an industry unusually dependent on union support. The support from the BMWED Teamsters, whose members build and maintain the track infrastructure that keeps Norfolk Southern trains moving, amounts to a sharp rebuke of Shaw and Norfolk Southern's board. Norfolk Southern and Ancora have been locked in a proxy contest for several months. Neuberger Berman, for example, is backing the activist and said that Norfolk Southern had a history of poor governance and that a boardroom change was needed.
Persons: Ancora, Alan Shaw, Shaw, Tony Cardwell, Cardwell, Jim Barber, Jamie Boychuk, Boychuk, Barber, It's, John Orr, Glass Lewis, Neuberger Berman Organizations: Thursday, Teamsters, Norfolk Southern, Norfolk, BMWED Teamsters, Labor, American Federation of Labor, Industrial Organizations, CSX, Ancora Locations: Norfolk Southern, Norfolk, U.S, East Palestine , Ohio, Washington
But Walmart, Target, and other chains's own policies and practices could be worsening the problem. From conflicting policies to understaffing, retailers can make it hard for workers to prevent theft. That's because major retailers, including Walmart, Target, and others, have policies that sometimes prevent their own staff from addressing shoplifting at their stores, current and former employees told Business Insider. Among the report's recommendations for retailers: Hire enough employees at stores, and make sure they aren't constantly overworked. Do you work at Walmart, Target, or another major retailer and have a story idea to share?
Persons: , Rhea Gordon, Gordon, Lululemon, Calvin McDonald, Santino Burrola, Thea Sebastian, Hanna Love, Sebastian, Love, everything's Organizations: Walmart, Target, Service, Business, BI, CNBC, company's, Futures Institute, Brookings Locations: North Carolina, Colorado, California, Montana
The great myth about dollar stores
  + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
But recent earnings for Dollar General and Dollar Tree show both companies have hit rough patches. But four years later, Dollar General — and Dollar Tree, its main rival — are seeing a slowdown. AdvertisementAnd rival Dollar Tree is closing 1,000 Family Dollar stores after spending nearly a decade trying to integrate the chain into its business. Messy stores and understaffing have caught up to Dollar General and Dollar Tree. Do you work at Dollar General, Dollar Tree, or Family Dollar and have a story idea to share?
Persons: , Todd Vasos, Vasos, Robert Ohmes, It's, Michael Lasser Organizations: Dollar, Service, Shoppers, Bank of America, Business, UBS Locations: Minnesota
But recent earnings for Dollar General and Dollar Tree show both companies have hit rough patches. But four years later, Dollar General — and Dollar Tree, its main rival — are seeing a slowdown. AdvertisementAnd rival Dollar Tree is closing 1,000 Family Dollar stores after spending nearly a decade trying to integrate the chain into its business. Messy stores and understaffing have caught up to Dollar General and Dollar Tree. Do you work at Dollar General, Dollar Tree, or Family Dollar and have a story idea to share?
Persons: , Todd Vasos, Vasos, Robert Ohmes, It's, Michael Lasser Organizations: Dollar, Service, Shoppers, Bank of America, Business, UBS Locations: Minnesota
CVS Health, the nation’s largest pharmacy chain with more than 9,000 locations, has been fined more than $1.5 million by Ohio regulators over problems connected to understaffing and patient safety, officials said. The fines are part of a settlement of 27 cases involving various safety concerns that were uncovered during a series of inspections of 22 pharmacies between 2020 and 2023, the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy said in a statement on Thursday. The board said that it found, among other things, improper drug security, errors dispensing drugs, prescription delays, lack of general cleanliness, understaffing and failure to report losses of controlled substances. The settlement comes as pharmacies nationwide have been plagued by labor issues. In November, some pharmacy workers called in sick or walked off the job to call attention to what they say is inadequate staffing and growing work demands.
Organizations: CVS Health, State of Ohio, Pharmacy Locations: Ohio, State
A CVS store in Ohio was in a state of disarray when the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy visited it. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The decision follows an investigation by the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy, which sent inspectors to CVS' store in Canton, north-east Ohio, in mid-September 2021. The pharmacy was more than a month behind in filling prescriptions, the worker said. The Board said on Tuesday that the store would have to pay a monetary penalty of $250,000.
Persons: , they'd, We've, We're Organizations: of Ohio, of Pharmacy, Service, CVS, State of Ohio, Staff Locations: Ohio, Canton
The investigation found that the store was seriously short staffed, pharmacy phones were not working properly and the AC unit was broken. A follow-up visit by agents revealed that the pharmacy was over a month behind in filling prescriptions, according to the agency’s report. In addition to the fine, regulators also put the 7292 Fulton Drive CVS store on probation for at least three years during which it will be subject to enhanced monitoring. The issues being investigated range from hundreds of prescriptions allegedly being past due, pharmacy staffing shortages, clutter and unsafe working conditions and concerns about maintaining adequate medications safety inside the pharmacy. These concerns led some pharmacists to walk out of CVS and Walgreens stores pharmacies last fall and ignited a national push to unionize pharmacy workers.
Persons: we’ve, We’re, Amy Thibault, ” Steven W, , Nicole Goodkind Organizations: New, New York CNN, CVS, State of Ohio, of Pharmacy, CNN, Ohio, Pharmacy, state’s, Pharmacists, Community Pharmacists Association, Walgreens, Walmart, Institute, National Institutes of Health Locations: New York, Canton , Ohio, State, Canton, Ohio, United States
Read previewChicago is the latest city to consider limiting the number of dollar stores. AdvertisementSome have followed the path of the Chicago proposal, enacting laws limiting the opening of new dollar stores. One community in Southern Michigan pushed back on a proposed Dollar General store but ultimately approved the store after the company sued. Dollar Tree and Dollar General have responded by opening more stores with space for produce and refrigerated foods. AdvertisementDo you work at a Dollar General, Dollar Tree, or Family Dollar store and have a story idea to share?
Persons: , Matt O'Shea, O'Shea, Dollar Organizations: Service, Chicago City Council, Chicago Sun, Times, WTTW, Business, Fortune, Sun - Times, Consumer, Institute for Local Locations: Chicago, Stonecrest , Georgia, Southern Michigan
Little did Hall know, her pivot into education would afford her a new level of financial security and a sense of purpose she never expected. She took a high school science position with Arlington Preparatory Academy, a public school in Baton Rouge, La., and had her first day in January 2022. Then there's the issue of teacher pay. In 2022, the average public school teacher earned a wage of $1,329 per week. Though Hall recognizes low teacher pay is an issue for many in the profession, moving to education actually meant a pay bump in her case.
Persons: Megan, she'd, Ashley Hickerson, Hall, Megan Hall, Hickerson Organizations: Home Depot, CNBC, Street, Little, Arlington Preparatory Academy, Arlington Prep, Economic, state's, of Elementary, Home Locations: Baton Rouge, La, Louisiana
Childfree workers told Business Insider they often feel pressured to cover for parents at work. Benson's not alone in experiencing the tension of splitting work between childfree workers and those with kids. For childfree workers, it may lead to resentment, or feeling like their time isn't as valuable. And that might, in turn, lead to childfree workers being asked to take on more. But the childfree workers, parents, and experts that Business Insider spoke with say that making it a worker-to-worker dispute takes the onus off of companies and policy.
Persons: , Kira Benson, Benson, Benson's, isn't, tenable, It's, aren't, Amanda Pericles, JessieMay Reed, they've, I'm, Benson doesn't, Arindrajit Dube, Claudia Goldin, Dube, " Dube, Evi, Nardi, Pericles, Pericles isn't, Reed, Kitty Richards, Richards, Betsy Cardenas, She's, Cardenas, we're Organizations: Business, Service, Bloomberg Law, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Treasury Department, of Labor Statistics, monopsony Locations: Seattle,
The breaking point came when the height of the pandemic passed, but conditions barely improved, according to many workers. Although health systems had promised to add staffing, many found themselves running deficits amid inflation and a shortage of doctors and nurses. Dr. Quee, the union president, said that inquiries from doctors were up more than threefold since the second group of Allina doctors unionized last month — and that as a result, the Doctors Council was hiring more organizers. “Two days ago, pharmacists called me from Florida,” she said. “We’ve never done pharmacists before.”In September, Dr. Smith, who long ago shifted from CVS district manager to frontline pharmacist, took on an additional role: labor organizer.
Persons: Sharif, , unionizing, Quee, , “ We’ve, Smith Organizations: Doctors, CVS, renegades Locations: Allina, Florida, Kansas City, Mo
A Wells Fargo logo is seen in New York City, U.S. January 10, 2017. And they often work unpaid overtime because of chronic understaffing at Wells Fargo branches, according to the lawsuit. Wells Fargo did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Michael Scimone, a lawyer for Perez, said Wells Fargo has consistently classified workers as exempt from overtime pay even though they are not managers and lack any decision-making authority. “Companies like Wells Fargo should know better than to withhold overtime pay from workers like Ms. Perez," Scimone said in a statement.
Persons: Stephanie Keith, Wells, Wells Fargo, Sabrina Perez, Perez, Michael Scimone, Scimone, U.S . Bureau of Labor Statistics . Wells Fargo, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Deepa Babington Organizations: REUTERS, Fargo & Co, Senior, U.S . Bureau of Labor Statistics ., Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, San Francisco, Wells Fargo, Albuquerque , New Mexico, Wells, Albuquerque, Alaska, Albany , New York
That is because in his four years working the tower at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, the controller said, Southwest planes usually took off as soon as they got permission. “But hindsight being 20/20,” controller Damian Campbell told investigators, he “definitely could have held them,” referring to making the Southwest crew wait. Campbell said he couldn't even see the Southwest plane through the dense early morning fog on Feb. 4. Political Cartoons View All 1273 ImagesThe National Transportation Safety Board released transcripts of interviews and other details of its investigation Wednesday. “We had this dense ground fog ... you couldn't see anything,” Campbell told investigators.
Persons: Damian Campbell, , Campbell, Bergstrom, ” Campbell, Organizations: DALLAS, FedEx, Southwest, Bergstrom International Airport, Transportation Safety, NTSB, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Navy, Austin Locations: Texas, Austin, Southwest, Cancun, Mexico
The city’s homeless shelter system often places newcomers in the wrong settings. It includes 37 dedicated mental health shelters that are staffed with psychiatrists and social workers to offer treatment — at a cost to taxpayers of about $250 million a year. The system relies on low-paid workers who lack the mental health training and tools to identify psychiatric issues in newcomers. One in four people with severe mental illness in the shelter system were not placed in a mental health shelter, state auditors found in 2022. One 41-year-old man who should have been placed in a mental health shelter was instead shuttled to other types of shelters as his mental health deteriorated.
Organizations: Times Locations: New York State, York, Union Square
Times reporters spent more than a year examining how often homeless mentally ill people under the care of the city have committed acts of violence. The lack of public information about the incidents made it difficult to evaluate about a quarter of the cases. Still, the examination identified 94 instances in the past decade in which breakdowns of the city’s social safety net preceded the violence, sometimes by just days or hours. A 23-year-old whose outpatient treatment team stood by as he became increasingly violent, doing little to intervene. Taken together, the 94 cases offer the fullest picture yet of how, where and why the safety net has broken down.
Persons: Michelle Go Organizations: Times, The Times
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailStarbucks is exploiting understaffing, putting workers under pressure, says Starbucks union memberHosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last Call” is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC.
Persons: Brian Sullivan, Organizations: CNBC
Members of a recently formed union of Starbucks workers hold a rally to celebrate the first anniversary of their founding, December 9, 2022 in New York City. Starbucks workers in New York City have filed 14 more complaints alleging that the coffee giant violated the city's labor laws. Starbucks baristas have repeatedly accused the company of running afoul of the law: They have filed nearly 70 complaints with the city related to the law since February. The allegations come as Starbucks baristas at more than 200 locations nationwide strike Thursday, on the company's busy Red Cup promotion day. Starbucks Workers United said the strike is protesting understaffing at the company's locations, particularly on promotion days.
Persons: understaffing, baristas, Deborah Hall Lefevre, Sara Kelly, Chipotle, Alberto Oliart Organizations: Starbucks, Red, Starbucks Workers United, Workers, National Labor Relations Board, city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, CNBC Locations: New York City, York City, Brooklyn
Starbucks workers plan to walk off the job on November 16, which is expected to be Red Cup Day. Students from campuses around the US plan to join Starbucks employees when they walk off the job later this week on what is expected to be Red Cup Day. Starbucks has not officially announced when Red Cup Day will be held this year, but last year, it was held on Thursday, November 17. College students actively campaigning to boot Starbucks from campuses plan to join workers November 16, a day the union is labeling "Red Cup Rebellion." Starbucks Workers United represents more than 300 unionized Starbucks stores and 9,000 workers.
Persons: , Ella Clark, Caitlin Power, Alex Yeager, Yeager Organizations: Red, College, Service, Starbucks, Georgetown, Cornell University, Cornell, University of Washington , University of Minnesota, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, University of Louisville, University of Chicago, UCLA, Stanford University, Boston University, American University, University of Arizona, Workers, Starbucks Workers United, Portland Press Herald, National Labor Relations, Starbucks Workers Locations: San Francisco, Ithaca, Baltimore, Gardner , Massachusetts
At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars
  + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +35 min
Through interviews and government records, the news organization documented at least 600 injuries of SpaceX workers since 2014. The more than 600 SpaceX injuries Reuters documented represent only a portion of the total case count, a figure that is not publicly available. SpaceX injury data reporting failures SpaceX facilities failed to submit injury data annually, as required by regulators, for most years since 2016. Workers welded rocket parts up to 12 hours a day, six days a week, often in temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the SpaceX workers said. The accident occurred when he and other SpaceX employees were being transferred between two vessels.
Persons: Lonnie LeBlanc, LeBlanc, LeBlanc’s, hasn’t, Musk, , Tom Moline, Francisco Cabada, Cabada’s, Elon Musk, Ydy Cabada, Kennedy didn’t, Kennedy, , Jordan Barab, Travis Carson, Carson, entrepreneurism, Jeff Bezos, Chris Cunnington, Phillip Fruge, ” Fruge, ” Carson, Elon, Carson “, Florentino Rios, Rios, Rios inched, Richard Hinojosa, ” Rios, Cabada, Ydy, SpaceX hasn’t, Michael Sanchez, ” Sanchez, Francisco’s, Evelyn Cabada, ” Barab, Boring, Paige Holland, Musk’s, Moline, Gwynne Shotwell, ” Shotwell, Shotwell, CalOSHA, Ann Rosenthal, Steven Trollinger’s, Trollinger, , Chris Weimer, Ron Weimer Organizations: Elon, SpaceX, U.S . Marine Corps, U.S . Occupational Safety, Health Administration, OSHA, Musk’s, V2, Reuters, Regulators, Kennedy Space Center, U.S . National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, ” Reuters, California OSHA, CalOSHA, , Workers, Boeing, Cabada, Boring Company, National Labor Relations Board, billionaire’s, Federal Locations: McGregor , Texas, LeBlanc, amputations, Hawthorne , California, Brownsville , Texas, Redmond , Washington, Florida, Cape Canaveral, California, Brownsville, Texas, Mexico, Moline, Carson, American, SpaceX’s Brownsville, Rios, Hawthorne, Los Angeles, , ” Holland, Thielen, Holland, Federal, After Texas
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Tens of thousands of health care workers have ratified a new four-year contract with industry giant Kaiser Permanente following a strike over wages and staffing levels, the parties announced Thursday. Of the 85,000 members in the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, 98.5% voted in recent weeks to ratify the contract, the coalition said in a press release. The deal includes setting minimum hourly wages at $25 in California, where most of Kaiser’s facilities are located, and $23 in other states. The workers’ last contract was negotiated in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. The three-day strike last month involved 75,000 workers in California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington.
Persons: Kaiser, understaffing, Steve Shields, Kaiser’s Organizations: OAKLAND, Permanente, Coalition, Kaiser Permanente Unions, Workers, D.C Locations: Calif, California, California , Colorado , Oregon, Washington, Virginia, Oakland , California
Walgreens on Tuesday sent out a notice to staff announcing that annual bonuses would not be funded. Tuesday was the second day of a planned three-day series of scattered walkouts by Walgreens pharmacy staff. A Walgreens representative clarified to CNN that only managers were eligible for bonuses at pharmacies. “We are building on the company’s pharmacy strength and trusted brand to evolve healthcare delivery. Stefano Pessina, the former Walgreens CEO and current executive chair of the board, worth nearly $7 billion, made more than $8 million in compensation last year, according to Walgreens compensation filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Persons: Manmohan Mahajan, , Fraser Engerman, Tim Wentworth, Neal Sample, Rosalind Brewer, Vincent Alban Vincent Alban, Reddit, Stefano Pessina, Shane Jerominski Organizations: New, New York CNN, Walgreens, Employees, CNN, Walgreens Boots Alliance, , Rite, CVS, REUTERS, Reuters, Securities and Exchange Commission, Labor, Reuters Labor, Workers, American Pharmacists Association Locations: New York, Deerfield , Illinois, U.S, Southern California, Deerfield, Il, Arizona , Washington , Massachusetts, Oregon
Political Cartoons View All 1230 ImagesThe Montana State Hospital violates those laws and its patients' constitutional rights to dignity and due process, the lawsuit states. DiMauro, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2012, was admitted to the Montana State Hospital in September 2020. Staff also failed to treat a wound on his forehead that he suffered in a fall, the lawsuit states. Patzoldt, then 75, was admitted to the Montana State Hospital on Oct. 19, 2021, after having behavioral disruptions at a memory care center. A review of his records found his heart medication was not given to him for nearly three weeks in November 2021, the lawsuit states.
Persons: HELENA, Lucio DiMauro, David Patzoldt, Lesley Jungers, Greg Gianforte, Patzoldt, cellulitis Organizations: , Montana State Hospital, Department of Public Health, Human Services, The Montana State Hospital, Staff, Medicare, Services Locations: Mont, Butte, Spokespeople, COVID, Montana
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